I get overwhelmed at the task of a personal bio.  I've followed by curiosity in so many different directions.  I think parallels are everywhere and that we can see ourselves in everything and everyone (and of course, there are differences that make a great deal of difference).  An idea I'm currently playing with is viewing all challenges as happening for me, not to me--that challenges are opportunities for something within me to emerge that might not otherwise without wrestling and struggle.   I respect connection and space and the value of witnessing and quiet.